Franklin H. Elmore

Franklin Harper Elmore (15 October 1799-29 May 1850) was a member of the US House of Representatives (N-SC 4) from 10 December 1836 to 3 March 1839 (succeeding James H. Hammond and preceding Sampson H. Butler) and a US Senator (D) from 11 April to 29 May 1850 (succeeding John C. Calhoun and preceding Robert Woodward Barnwell).

Biography
Franklin Harper Ellmore was born in the Laurens district of South Carolina in 1799, and he became a lawyer in Walterboro in 1821. He served in the US House of Representatives from 1836 to 1839 as a member of the Nullifier Party, and, in 1850, he was appointed to fill John C. Calhoun's vacant US Senate seat. He died in office a month later.